Who says applique has to be fussy? This book is about the process
of working in a freer and more organic manner — stepping away from the
sharp lines and measurements that come with rulers and feeling free to
alter the appliqué pattern if it suits you. This is not about being
sloppy, it is about making more interesting lines in your quilts.
We think of quilts as explosions of color—but quilts are also
about lines. Where one fabric stops and another begins, a line is
drawn. An artist can make a line more interesting by varying its weight
and density. When you put away your ruler and cut freely with your
rotary cutter, the lines in your quilt become more organic. The process
is both fun and invigorating.
Artists are very aware of negative space. It is the seemingly
unimportant background space in an artwork. The negative space surrounds
and supports the positive space. You can’t have one without the other.
The quilting equivalent of negative space is the background fabric. We
are known for piecing together different fabrics to use behind our
appliqué. In this book the backgrounds are even more interesting.
We all know that there is no one perfect way to make a quilt. For
that reason the instructions for the quilts in this book are written so
that you can work with straight lines and a ruler if you prefer. In
either case, it is our hope that you enjoy thinking about the design of
your quilts in a new way.
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